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الكزب

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of earning or acquiring, but also extends to physical attributes like a constricted hand, specific colors, and character traits such as stinginess.

Derived headwords

الكَسْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Earning, acquisitionboth

    The act of gaining wealth or sustenance through effort or labor. It can also refer to the acquired thing itself.

  2. 2.
    Hard woodclassical

    A type of hard, solid wood.

كَزَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To earn, to acquireboth

    To gain something, especially wealth or sustenance, through effort.

تَكْزِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    Constriction of the handclassical

    The act of a man's hand becoming small and contracted, considered a defect.

مَكْزُوبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Mottled colorclassical

    Describing a color that is between white and black, often implying a mixed or mottled appearance.

الكُوزِبadjective
  1. 1.
    Stingy, narrow-mindedclassical

    A person who is miserly, tight-fisted, and has a narrow or ungenerous disposition.

Parallel reading

الكزب، بالضم: الكسب
Al-kazb, with damma: earning, acquisition.
وشجر صلب
And hard wood.
وبالتحريك: صغر مشط الرجل وتقبضه، وهو عيب.
And with fatha: the smallness and contraction of a man's hand, which is a defect.
والمكزوبة: الخلاسية من الألوان: هي ما كان بين الأبيض والأسود.
And al-makzūbah: the mixed color among colors: it is what is between white and black.
والكوزب: البخيل الضيق الخلق.
And al-kūzab: the stingy, narrow-minded person.